He said given the cosmopolitan nature of the state, it is expected that large volumes of waste would be generated by the people regularly.

Oresanya identified indiscriminate dumping of refuse as a major challenge to the agency in the outgoing year.

“In Lagos we generate daily average of about 10,000 metric tonnes. And you know what 1,000 tonnes looks like; 1,000 tonnes will fill 100 trailers. The core challenge here is just the habit of the people,” he said.

The public, he said, had the habit of dumping wastes in unauthorised areas.“Though the habit is reducing, but it’s a major one and we are addressing it,” he said.

On commercial drivers having waste bins in their vehicles, Oresanya said the policy has not improved hygiene in Lagos.

“I don’t see any relevance with waste bins in vehicles and public hygiene. If you have a waste bin in the bus and I am sitting at the back, do I throw waste over the head of the people before me into the bin?

“What we tell the transport workers is to make sure that when they get to their garage, they sweep their vehicles and we have bins in garages where they put these things. And if you have a car, you can put wastes in your carpet and once you get to where you are going, you clean it up,” he said.

The roller bins, he said, would be given to residents who pay land use charges.

“Residents who already have the bins will not be considered because this is a revolving system. As people pay the land use charge, they get one waste bin free and the charge is ploughed back to buy more bins for distribution to other areas,” he said.

The ban on cart pushers, he said, is still in force, noting that their activities cannot be eradicated totally in some areas.

He said the agency was making efforts to ensure that more Private Sector Participation (PSP) operators are licensed to service more locations.